PLOT BLUEPRINT PODCAST: TWO WRITERS DISCUSS STORY WRITING— BOTH PRAGMATICALLY AND PHILOSOPICALLY.

S P I C E

FIVE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF STORY-

  • SETTING

  • PLOT

  • IDEA

  • CHARACTER

  • EMOTION

Let’s take these one by one!

SETTING

Where are we? When are we?

Those are some of the first questions the audience needs answered. In this podcast episode, we discuss how we can use setting to deepen and contextualize the story.

SETTING Podcast here.

PLOT

IDEA

Episode Summary

Many writers start their stories with some event or sequence of events that cause a change in the world and the characters. That's PLOT-- Events that cause a change over a span of time. We'll discuss how the plot can be used to affect the world and the characters, and how to maximize other elements to deepen and complicate the plot.

PLOT Podcast Episode here. https://plot-blueprint.simplecast.com/episodes/spice-where-do-i-start-my-story-plot

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We thought this would be our shortest SPICE episode! But once we got started, we kept thinking about the importance of idea and theme to starting some stories, especially speculative fiction like SF and steampunk.

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CHARACTER SPICE: Starting with character. Plot Blueprint Podcast--

 
 

Your new plot awaits.